How to Use as though in a Sentence

as though

conjunction

• The shoe is born anew in ivory, as though washed clean.
  — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 June 2024
• The paintings on the walls have been cleaned as though no time had passed.
  — Sarah Belmont For Artnews, Robb Report, 5 July 2023
• The mammoth, naked from the midriff up, looked as though he were headed to the pool.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• All the items appeared as though they hadn’t been touched for decades.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 19 July 2023
• It was made to seem as though Utah didn’t need BYU anymore.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 July 2023
• Others wore mouth guards that swelled their lips as though they’d just been punched in the face.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2023
• Everything has a cloudy film to it as though things weren’t clear.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
• The paranoia set in with the whole Matt deal, and feeling as though the whole house had turned against me so early on.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 27 Sep. 2024
• Shopping for a new summer wardrobe, but don’t want to look as though you’re beach bound?
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 21 June 2024
• Kieran Culkin looks as though someone’s stolen a piece of his soul.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2024
• The movie races through the plot, as though victory lies in crossing the finish line.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023
• The food seemed to appear as though by magic from a tiny kitchen hidden in the mangroves.
  — Pilar Guzmán, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2023
• Phillips looks better each day and looks as though he’ll be cleared for practice soon.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
• When my plate arrived, my friend made a face as though it was smeared with something nasty.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• Mars in Pisces feels as though an associate is hard work.
  — Debbie Frank, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
• But the announcements, while low-key, proceeded as though a show will go on in the fall.
  — Andrew Dalton, BostonGlobe.com, 12 July 2023
• The robot’s ring-light head turns a full 180 degrees to face the camera, as though possessed.
  — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 1 May 2024
• The hills were weirdly quiet, as though the roads still belonged to nature.
  — Ottessa Moshfegh, The New Yorker, 6 July 2023
• There’s structure here without the wine tasting as though it were propped up by oak.
  — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• Winding through the room felt as though guests were in a taking a turn about a sculpture garden.
  — Vogue, 26 Feb. 2024
• Debra says, as though Lily is the one doing something wrong.
  — Allegra Goodman, The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2024
• The upshot was that a vocal contingent of fans felt as though they’d been led on a wild goose chase.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 3 July 2024
• Each line is intoned by one of the brothers as though an extension of their prayers.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• The shapes are solid-looking for the most part but a little fuzzy around the edges, as though eroded by the elements.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2024
• The mayor nodded and smiled, but also flinched, as though struck by spittle.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
• Tyrese isn’t too happy about some comparing him to Trey Songz and feeling as though the two men are on the same level.
  — Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 19 Aug. 2024
• He’s explained it to friends, fans, and daytime-TV hosts as feeling as though his mind was a Rubik’s Cube.
  — Clover Hope, Men's Health, 10 July 2023
• The pose is contrapposto; her hands, behind her back, look as though they might be tied.
  — Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023
• His dribbling especially - done at a feverish pace, as though the ball was attached to his foot with a short piece of string - had been a joy to watch.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 22 Oct. 2024
• The set is half nightclub, half car crash, just like the Roaring Twenties; all the characters’ costumes have dirty hems, as though to semaphore that none of them have quite risen above the muck of the American dream.
  — Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024